Rep. Louis Stokes

Former Representative for Ohio’s 11^th District

Stokes was the representative for Ohio’s 11^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 1998.

He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 21^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1969 to 1992.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Louis Stokes [D-OH11, 1993-1998]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Stokes is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1998 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Stokes sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 17, 1998. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Stokes was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Stokes sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (18%) Economics and Public Finance (16%) Education (16%) Health (16%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Housing and Community Development (9%) Taxation (7%) Environmental Protection (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Stokes recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1969 to Dec 1998, Stokes missed 1,831 of 15,291 roll call votes, which is 12.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	64^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	4	8.9%	42^nd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	12	13.6%	62^nd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	5	14.3%	46^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	25	33.8%	69^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	9	11.8%	54^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	18	22.2%	69^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	9	40.9%	88^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	19	21.1%	71^st
1971 Jul-Sep	74	5	6.8%	71^st
1971 Oct-Dec	134	46	34.3%	82^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	15	23.4%	65^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	55	48.2%	94^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	32	31.7%	82^nd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	9	18.0%	72^nd
1973 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	79^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	33	17.3%	82^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	19	14.5%	86^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	97	53.3%	93^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	9	11.4%	64^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	46	27.1%	96^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	23	15.5%	79^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	8	5.7%	39^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	2	2.9%	32^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	27	13.6%	80^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	15	9.7%	78^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	27	14.1%	88^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	12	11.3%	70^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	54	20.2%	80^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	35	12.5%	71^st
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	69^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	20	7.3%	47^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	8	4.0%	38^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	28	20.7%	90^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	17	11.3%	65^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	67	22.3%	81^st
1978 Jul-Sep	308	58	18.8%	85^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	2	2.6%	25^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	67^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	21	9.5%	71^st
1979 Jul-Sep	198	25	12.6%	81^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	20	10.5%	58^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	25	16.9%	83^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	37	18.8%	83^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	38	19.8%	89^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	13	19.4%	72^nd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	74^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	3	3.3%	27^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	44^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	12	8.5%	65^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	6	12.5%	75^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	5	4.2%	48^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	15	7.8%	69^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	6	6.1%	43^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	64^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	12	6.6%	54^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	25	19.2%	96^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	18	12.6%	84^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	13	24.5%	94^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	17	7.6%	61^st
1984 Jul-Sep	96	8	8.3%	74^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	22^nd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	14	9.1%	81^st
1985 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	41^st
1985 Oct-Dec	148	14	9.5%	89^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	42^nd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	11	8.6%	87^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	22	10.9%	86^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	11	18.3%	92^nd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	41^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	16	8.6%	79^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	70^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	60^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	42^nd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	47	29.2%	98^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	10	6.6%	69^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	13	14.6%	90^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	2	1.9%	31^st
1989 Jul-Sep	128	17	13.3%	97^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	9	7.4%	77^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	35^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	9	6.0%	79^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	9	4.9%	71^st
1990 Oct-Oct	143	8	5.6%	66^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	6	4.3%	64^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	16	19.8%	94^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	7	4.3%	71^st
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	29^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	14	7.1%	80^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	65^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	3	2.4%	52^nd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	5	2.6%	50^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	18	11.0%	96^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	14	10.4%	94^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	39^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	18	8.2%	90^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	8	5.6%	76^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	6	11.8%	90^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	11	3.9%	82^nd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	33	17.5%	98^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	18	7.8%	88^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	11	5.9%	83^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	80	72.7%	99^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	19^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	2	1.2%	37^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	3	4.2%	69^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	8	4.6%	79^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	65^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	33	20.2%	97^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	47^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	73^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	21	10.6%	90^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	5	6.8%	77^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills